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White House Fights Anxiety Over Biden's Future

Speaking at a fundraiser, Biden said he "wasn't very smart" for "traveling around the world a couple times... shortly before the debate." "I didn't listen to my staff," he said. "And then I almost fell asleep on stage."
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, seen here in Washington earlier this month, had apologized after keeping his cancer diagnosis secret

Hospitalized Pentagon Chief Hands Duties To Deputy

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks "assumed the functions and duties" just before 5:00 pm (2200 GMT), Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said in a statement, adding that Austin was still receiving treatment and that the White House and Congress had been informed.

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